2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas

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2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas
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  2020 November 8, 2022 2024  

All 4 Arkansas seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election40
Seats won40
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote598,000271,771
Percentage66.81%30.36%
SwingDecrease2.svg 3.42%Increase2.svg 2.34%

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     Republican hold

The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Arkansas, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the Arkansas gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the U.S. House of Representatives, elections to the U.S. Senate, and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held on May 24.

Contents

Overview

District

District Republican Democratic Libertarian TotalResult
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 1 153,77473.80%54,59826.20%00.00%208,732100.00%Republican hold
District 2 147,97560.04%86,88735.26%11,5844.70%246,446100.00%Republican hold
District 3 142,40163.69%73,54132.89%7,6463.42%223,588100.00%Republican hold
District 4 153,85071.00%56,74526.19%6,1012.82%216,696100.00%Republican hold
Total598,00066.81%271,77130.36%25,3312.83%895,102100.00%
Popular vote
Republican
66.81%
Democratic
30.36%
Libertarian
2.83%
House seats
Republican
100.00%

District 1

2022 Arkansas's 1st congressional district election
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Nominee Rick Crawford Monte Hodges
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote153,77454,598
Percentage73.8%26.2%

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County results
Crawford:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Hodges:     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Rick Crawford
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Rick Crawford
Republican

The incumbent was Republican Rick Crawford, who was re-elected unopposed in 2020. [1] The new 1st district covers the Northeast corner of the state — very similar to its predecessor — but now comprises a greater portion of the state's Northern border.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Rick Crawford

U.S. Executive Branch officials

Organizations

Results

Republican primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rick Crawford (incumbent) 64,102 74.6
Republican Brandt Smith 11,98113.9
Republican Jody Shackelford9,83711.5
Total votes85,920 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Debate

2022 Arkansas's 1st congressional district debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Rick Crawford Monte Hodges
1Oct. 20, 2022 Arkansas PBS Steve Barnes YouTube PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [9] Solid RNovember 2, 2021
Inside Elections [10] Solid RMarch 16, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [11] Safe ROctober 14, 2021
Politico [12] Solid RApril 5, 2022
RCP [13] Safe RJune 9, 2022
Fox News [14] Solid RJuly 11, 2022
DDHQ [15] Solid RJuly 20, 2022
538 [16] Solid RJune 30, 2022
The Economist [17] Safe RSeptember 7, 2022

Results

2022 Arkansas's 1st congressional district election [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rick Crawford (incumbent) 153,774 73.8
Democratic Monte Hodges 54,59826.2
Total votes208,372 100.0
Republican hold

By county

County [18] Rick Crawford
Republican
Monte Hodges
Democratic
MarginTotal
#%#%#%
Arkansas 3,37976.36%1,04623.64%2,33352.72%4,425
Baxter 12,37380.02%3,08919.98%9,28460.04%15,462
Boone 10,43382.85%2,16017.15%8,27365.70%12,593
Chicot 1,64849.58%1,67650.42%-28-0.84%3,324
Clay 3,19581.55%72318.45%2,47263.09%3,918
Craighead 19,28370.35%8,12829.65%11,15540.70%27,411
Crittenden 5,45951.59%5,12348.41%3363.18%10,582
Cross 3,78677.41%1,10522.59%2,68154.81%4,891
Desha 1,59955.83%1,26544.17%33411.66%2,864
Fulton 3,21181.13%74718.87%2,46462.25%3,958
Greene 9,33181.34%2,14018.66%7,19162.69%11,471
Independence 8,49681.55%1,92218.45%6,57463.10%10,418
Izard 3,79483.55%74716.45%3,04767.10%4,541
Jackson 2,98174.77%1,00625.23%1,97549.54%3,987
Lawrence 3,75482.40%80217.60%2,95264.79%4,556
Lee 97050.31%95849.69%120.62%1,928
Lincoln 2,04276.25%63623.75%1,40652.50%2,678
Lonoke 17,48278.93%4,66621.07%12,81657.87%22,148
Marion 4,84481.92%1,06918.08%3,77563.84%5,913
Mississippi 5,20760.91%3,34139.09%1,86621.83%8,548
Monroe 1,22358.83%85641.17%36717.65%2,079
Phillips 1,92946.45%2,22453.55%-295-7.10%4,153
Poinsett 4,52681.95%99718.05%3,52963.90%5,523
Prairie 2,18384.71%39415.29%1,78969.42%2,577
Pulaski (part)78235.77%1,40464.23%-622-28.45%2,186
Randolph 4,32883.06%88316.94%3,44566.11%5,211
Searcy 2,55686.26%40713.74%2,14972.53%2,963
Sharp 4,99583.08%1,01716.92%3,97866.17%6,012
St. Francis 2,57351.60%2,41348.40%1603.21%4,986
Stone 4,01580.14%99519.86%3,02060.28%5,010
Woodruff 1,39767.95%65932.05%73835.89%2,056
Totals153,77473.80%54,59826.20%99,17647.60%208,372

District 2

2022 Arkansas's 2nd congressional district election
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Nominee French Hill Quintessa Hathaway
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote147,97586,887
Percentage60.0%35.3%

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County results
Hill:     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Hathaway:     50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

French Hill
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

French Hill
Republican

The incumbent was Republican French Hill, who was re-elected with 55.4% of the vote in 2020. [1] The 2nd district has been the most competitive district in recent years, but redistricting — including dividing Little Rock — makes the district less competitive going forward. The 2nd district still comprises the central part of Arkansas.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Conrad Reynolds, veteran [19]

Endorsements

Conrad Reynolds

U.S. Executive Branch officials

Results

Republican primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican French Hill (incumbent) 49,488 58.5
Republican Conrad Reynolds35,07841.5
Total votes84,566 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Quintessa Hathaway, educator and public advocate [22]
Withdrawn

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Debate

2022 Arkansas's 2nd congressional district debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic Libertarian
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
French Hill Quintessa HathawayMichael White
1Oct. 20, 2022 Arkansas PBS Steve Barnes YouTube PPP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [9] Solid RNovember 2, 2021
Inside Elections [10] Solid RMarch 16, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [11] Safe ROctober 14, 2021
Politico [12] Solid RApril 5, 2022
RCP [13] Safe RJune 9, 2022
Fox News [14] Solid RJuly 11, 2022
DDHQ [15] Solid RJuly 20, 2022
538 [16] Solid RJune 30, 2022
The Economist [17] Safe RSeptember 7, 2022

Results

2022 Arkansas's 2nd congressional district election [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican French Hill (incumbent) 147,975 60.0
Democratic Quintessa Hathaway86,88735.3
Libertarian Michael White11,5844.7
Total votes246,446 100.0
Republican hold

By county

County [18] French Hill
Republican
Quintessa Hathaway
Democratic
Michael White
Libertarian
MarginTotal
#%#%#%#%
Cleburne 8,28683.00%1,26912.71%4284.29%7,01770.29%9,983
Conway 4,56369.17%1,76726.78%2674.05%2,79642.38%6,597
Faulkner 26,42266.34%11,32328.43%2,0845.23%15,09937.91%39,829
Perry 2,92777.47%66517.60%1864.92%2,26259.87%3,778
Pulaski (part)51,84845.43%57,51750.40%4,7604.17%-5,669-4.97%114,125
Saline 30,90871.93%9,75022.69%2,3095.37%21,15849.24%42,967
Van Buren 4,77877.03%1,04316.81%3826.16%3,73560.21%6,203
White 18,24379.44%3,55315.47%1,1685.09%14,69063.97%22,964
Totals147,97560.04%86,88735.26%11,5844.70%61,08824.79%246,446

District 3

2022 Arkansas's 3rd congressional district election
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Nominee Steve Womack Lauren Mallett-Hays
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote142,40173,541
Percentage63.7%32.9%

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County results
Womack:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Steve Womack
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Steve Womack
Republican

The incumbent was Republican Steve Womack, who was re-elected with 64.3% of the vote in 2020. [1] The new 3rd district is slightly more competitive than its predecessor, but it is more compact too; the district now comprises only the Northwest corner of the state.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Neil Robinson Kumar, law student [25]

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Womack (incumbent) 60,814 78.7
Republican Neil Robinson Kumar16,41421.3
Total votes77,228 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Lauren Mallett-Hays, speech-language pathologist [26]

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee
  • Michael Kalagias, candidate for this seat in 2018 and 2020 [24]

General election

Debate

2022 Arkansas's 3rd congressional district debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic Libertarian
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Steve Womack Lauren Mallett-HaysMichael Kalagias
1Oct. 17, 2022 Arkansas PBS Steve Barnes YouTube PPP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [9] Solid RNovember 2, 2021
Inside Elections [10] Solid RMarch 16, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [11] Safe ROctober 14, 2021
Politico [12] Solid RApril 5, 2022
RCP [13] Safe RJune 9, 2022
Fox News [14] Solid RJuly 11, 2022
DDHQ [15] Solid RJuly 20, 2022
538 [16] Solid RJune 30, 2022
The Economist [17] Safe RSeptember 7, 2022

Results

2022 Arkansas's 3rd congressional district election [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Womack (incumbent) 142,401 63.7
Democratic Lauren Mallett-Hays73,54132.9
Libertarian Michael Kalagias7,6463.4
Total votes223,588 100.0
Republican hold

By county

County [18] Steve Womack
Republican
Lauren Mallett-Hayes
Democratic
Michael Kalagias
Libertarian
MarginTotal
#%#%#%#%
Benton 59,32665.54%27,84630.76%3,3413.69%31,48034.78%90,513
Carroll 5,90665.59%2,81131.22%2873.19%3,09534.37%9,004
Crawford 13,76279.47%2,98117.21%5753.32%10,78162.25%17,318
Madison 4,40878.06%1,05618.70%1833.24%3,35259.36%5,647
Sebastian (part)21,38069.39%8,36227.14%1,0713.48%13,01842.25%30,813
Washington 37,61953.52%30,48543.37%2,1893.11%7,13410.15%70,293
Totals142,40163.69%73,54132.89%7,6463.42%68,86030.80%223,588

District 4

2022 Arkansas's 4th congressional district election
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Nominee Bruce Westerman John White
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote153,85056,745
Percentage71.0%26.2%

2022 United States House of Representatives Election in Arkansas's 4th Congressional District.svg
County results
Westerman:     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
White:     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Bruce Westerman
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Bruce Westerman
Republican

The incumbent was Republican Bruce Westerman, who was re-elected with 69.7% of the vote in 2020. [1] The new 4th district still comprises the majority of the Southern part of the state, and it is now slightly more competitive. Democratic nominee John White attracted attention when, unusually for a member of his party, he denied the legitimacy of President Joe Biden and the 2020 United States presidential election during a debate. [27] White also claimed that "the American people have not legitimately elected a president since Kennedy." After the debate, the Arkansas Democratic Party released a statement denouncing White and his claims of election fraud. [28]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Bruce Westerman

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee
  • Gregory Maxwell [24]

General election

Debate

2022 Arkansas's 4th congressional district debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic Libertarian
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Bruce Westerman John WhiteGregory Maxwell
1Oct. 17, 2022 Arkansas PBS Steve Barnes YouTube PPP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [9] Solid RNovember 2, 2021
Inside Elections [10] Solid RMarch 16, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [11] Safe ROctober 14, 2021
Politico [12] Solid RApril 5, 2022
RCP [13] Safe RJune 9, 2022
Fox News [14] Solid RJuly 11, 2022
DDHQ [15] Solid RJuly 20, 2022
538 [16] Solid RJune 30, 2022
The Economist [17] Safe RSeptember 7, 2022

Results

2022 Arkansas's 4th congressional district election [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bruce Westerman (incumbent) 153,850 71.0
Democratic John White56,74526.2
Libertarian Gregory Maxwell6,1012.8
Total votes216,696 100.0
Republican hold

By county

County [18] Bruce Westerman
Republican
John White
Democratic
Gregory Maxwell
Libertarian
MarginTotal
#%#%#%#%
Ashley 4,07675.20%1,24322.93%1011.86%2,83352.27%5,420
Bradley 1,80770.23%70827.52%582.25%1,09942.71%2,573
Calhoun 1,25779.86%28618.17%311.97%97161.69%1,574
Clark 3,72162.20%2,09134.95%1702.84%1,63027.25%5,982
Cleveland 2,18583.40%36814.05%672.56%1,81769.35%2,620
Columbia 4,18469.16%1,73528.68%1312.17%2,44940.48%6,050
Dallas 1,35466.41%63331.04%522.55%72135.36%2,039
Drew 3,49867.18%1,56630.07%1432.75%1,93237.10%5,207
Franklin 4,16579.88%89217.11%1573.01%3,27362.77%5,214
Garland 23,46771.13%8,37825.39%1,1493.48%15,08945.73%32,994
Grant 5,28584.28%83413.30%1522.42%4,45170.98%6,271
Hempstead 3,28673.14%1,11024.71%972.16%2,17648.43%4,493
Hot Spring 7,38176.27%1,98920.55%3083.18%5,39255.71%9,678
Howard 2,68474.21%85623.67%772.13%1,82850.54%3,617
Jefferson 7,30943.36%9,10854.03%4402.61%-1,799-10.67%16,857
Johnson 5,27375.99%1,42420.52%2423.49%3,84955.47%6,939
Lafayette 1,31867.56%59230.34%412.10%72637.21%1,951
Little River 2,88676.59%77720.62%1052.79%2,10955.97%3,768
Logan 4,99680.68%99716.10%1993.21%3,99964.58%6,192
Miller 8,58876.75%2,35421.04%2482.22%6,23455.71%11,190
Montgomery 2,55181.66%49215.75%812.59%2,05965.91%3,124
Nevada 1,68568.97%71429.23%441.80%97139.75%2,443
Newton 2,46281.01%48916.09%882.90%1,97364.92%3,039
Ouachita 4,18560.32%2,58337.23%1702.45%1,60223.09%6,938
Pike 3,15185.32%45012.19%922.49%2,70173.14%3,693
Polk 5,73783.73%87412.76%2413.52%4,86370.97%6,852
Pope 13,00476.63%3,41520.12%5513.25%9,58956.51%16,970
Pulaski (part)1,83928.72%4,37668.34%1882.94%-2,537-39.62%6,403
Scott 2,49485.56%33311.42%883.02%2,16174.13%2,915
Sebastian (part)2,80483.58%45813.65%932.77%2,34669.93%3,355
Sevier 2,90282.09%52914.96%1042.94%2,37367.13%3,535
Union 8,00469.30%3,30128.58%2452.12%4,70340.72%11,550
Yell 4,31282.13%79015.05%1482.82%3,52267.09%5,250
Totals153,85071.00%56,74526.19%6,1012.82%97,10544.81%216,696

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